There is no discussion of 1990s-era Black movies without films written by Barry Michael Cooper, the Harlem, New York, ...

After chronicling the crack boom of the 1980s as an investigative reporter, he had a high-profile but brief second career in ...

The Village Voice obituary of writer Barry Michael Cooper, dead at age 66, notes the powerful stories he wrote for the paper in the 1980s.

Hollywood writer and producer Barry Michael Cooper ... Prior to his work in the entertainment industry, Cooper was a music critic and then an investigative reporter for The Village Voice in ...

With McDonald on board, however, the Doobies found a new audience in the adult contemporary genre, releasing hit singles and ...

By Angel Diaz Barry Michael Cooper, the journalist who coined the term “New Jack Swing” to describe the music Teddy Riley was making during the ’80s and wrote the screenplays for influential ...

Barry Michael Cooper ... Before his screenwriting career, Cooper’s journalist bylines included Spin Magazine, as well as music criticism. While at The Village Voice, he wrote a piece titled ...

Barry Michael Cooper ... He also directed music videos for artists like Tevin Campbell and Grand Daddy I.U. in the 1990s. Cooper posted a photo of himself on Instagram as recently as Jan. 16 ...

During his time at The Village Voice, Cooper wrote a piece about rising R&B producer and singer Teddy Riley in ... and also wrote three episodes. Barry Michael Cooper wrote the ‘She’s Gotta ...

Barry Michael Cooper, the writer and director was behind the films New Jack City, Above the Rim and Sugar Hill, died Wednesday at 66.

he debuted his nearly 14-minute John Landis-directed video for the album’s title track. It was immediately acclaimed as perhaps the greatest music video ever made and it reignited Michael-mania.